In Duan Xuan's anticipation, Liu He's car finally slowly drove out of Yiguan.

According to the agreement, Duan Xuan didn't have to come to the mouth to greet Liu He in person, but only needed to leave a team of soldiers here as the leading troops, and after Liu He's men and horses left the valley, he led them straight to the Baibo Valley. However, Duan Xuan temporarily changed his mind and deliberately rushed here from Linyi to meet Liu He.

When the army marched, no matter what formation was taken, the commander had to be in the safest position, Liu He and the other scribes who went to Youzhou were protected by Zhao Yun, Zhang He, and Murong Ping, so when his car drove out of the valley, there were already 5,000 Youzhou cavalry lined up in a defensive formation outside the pass.

Zhao Yun had already obtained the report from the front sentry, and knew that Duan Xuan was going to come to the mouth to meet with Gongzi today, but for safety reasons, he still ordered the soldiers who went out of the valley first to line up in full armor to deal with any unexpected situation.

Duan Xuan watched Liu He walk out of the rows of seriously killed cavalry walls under the escort of Zhao Yun and Zhang He, and he had a lot of emotion in his heart.

He suddenly remembered the thin young man who borrowed the road from Wuguan to Nanyang.

However, in just three years, Liu He has grown from a dejected situation where he was only escorted by two entourages to the point where he now needs the princes of the world to work together to deal with it, what kind of amazing rise speed is this?

Duan Xuan has been in the army for many years, and he can see at a glance that the Youzhou cavalry is extraordinary, and he has a hunch that the five thousand cavalry in front of him, if they are willing, are enough to crush the ten thousand soldiers and horses they brought back and forth several times. As for when he reminded Tian Chou that the Baibo bandit army in the Baibo Valley was very powerful, he suggested that Liu He take a detour, but now that he thinks about it, it is a joke at all. How can a rabble stand up to a cavalry force that can sweep the world?

Thinking of this, Duan Xuan suddenly felt a feeling of shock.

When he came this time, he originally wanted to ask Liu He for some "tolls" or something, but now he looks at this situation. It's better to mention this stubble less. If Liu He suddenly went crazy and ordered his army to sweep Hedong County with the momentum of ploughing and sweeping the caves, then it would not be to collect tolls but to send tolls to Liu He......

After the two slowly approached, Liu He saluted with his fists in his fists, with a signature smile on his face, looking as harmless as when he passed through Wuguan three years ago. "Liu returned to the north this time, and General Duan actually came to greet him in person, which really made me feel worried in my heart!"

Duan Xuan hurriedly returned the salute to Liu He: "I heard that the eldest prince was passing by Jiangyi, so Duan Xuan came uninvited, wanting to see the style of the Youzhou cavalry. See you today. It was an eye-opener! ”

The two of them then stood in front of the battle, and they had a ride, and they chatted about it when they didn't have a match.

The soldiers on both sides did not receive the order of "black eats black", and at this time, seeing that their own commander and the opponent's commander were talking happily, not looking like they were going to fight, everyone relaxed a little and no longer made a tense fight.

"Shiren, can you be sure of returning to Youzhou this time?" Duan Xuan asked with a concerned face.

Liu He replied with a relaxed face: "Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan and the like, but Liu's subordinates are just defeated." Although they were entangled with Liaodong Gongsun Du this time, they could not escape the fate of failure! Although Ben will return to Youzhou this time with only 10,000 cavalry, it is enough to sweep away this group of rats who can only stab knives in the back! ”

When Liu He said the word "rat generation", his eyes unabashedly revealed a cold killing intent. Even Duan Xuan felt a slight chill in his heart.

It seems that this time Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan really ignited the anger in Liu He's heart.

Duan Xuan said: "Your choice to cross Bingzhou and return to Youzhou from the West Road this time is definitely beyond the expectations of the people in the world, and it is beyond Yuan Shao's imagination. But. Bingzhou was run by Yuan Shao's generals Yan Liang and Gao Gan for three years, and Yuan troops were stationed in each city, wanting to smoothly insert Youzhou Daijun from the territory of Bingzhou. I'm afraid it's not that easy. ”

"Thank you General Duan for your kind reminder, even if there are 30,000 Yuan troops stationed in Bingzhou, it will not stop my determination to return north to Youzhou. Since Yuan Shao dared to send troops to attack Gaoliu, I now treat others in the way of others, which can be regarded as 'courtesy exchanges'! Liu has a reluctant request, I wonder if the general can send a team of infantry to accompany me to Baibo Valley? ”

Duan Xuan heard Liu He ask about borrowing troops, and his head was big for a while, and he hurriedly explained: "In my opinion, the Baibo bandit army has seen this majestic iron cavalry under Shiren's command from a distance, and they will definitely not dare to come to obstruct and fight, if I send a team of infantry to escort you through the official road in the river valley, it will slow down the marching speed of the cavalry under your command." ”

Liu He waved his hand and said, "The general may have misunderstood." I borrowed troops from you, not to escort my cavalry through the Baibo Valley smoothly, but to let your infantry assist my cavalry to make a game outside the Baibo Valley, and catch a few thieves from the valley to play! ”

"Catch a few thieves and play around?" Duan Xuan was petrified on the spot, and he couldn't keep up with Liu He's rhythm.

"That's it, after cleaning up the Baibo Army this time, I will only select a few prisoners and some grain to bring to Youzhou, and the rest will be yours, how about it?" Liu He threw out an enticing plan for the distribution of results.

Duan Xuan pondered it carefully, and felt that this deal was quite cost-effective, anyway, it was Liu He's troops who would fight hard at that time, but it was himself who would get the most benefits, so he didn't suffer a loss, so he agreed to Liu He's proposal.

After a short meeting, Liu He and Duan Xuan quickly separated thirty miles southeast of Jiangyi, and Duan Xuan led the main force back south to Anyi, leaving another 1,000 infantry, led by a lieutenant, and stayed in the city of Jiangyi.

Liu He led his troops to hide in the valley near Jiangyi, so as not to be discovered by the Baibo army that a large group of cavalry was approaching, and he was so frightened that he hid in the valley with complicated terrain and did not dare to come out.

Baibo Valley is turbulent in the east of the Fenshui River, backed by the cliff, across the river is the Fenshui River Valley Avenue leading from Hedong County to Taiyuan County of Bingzhou, which is the throat between Jinzhong and Jinnan, and has always been a place where soldiers must fight.

Ten years ago, the Yellow Turban Army revolted one after another in the eight states of the Han Dynasty, and Guo Tai, the leader of the peasant army of Hedong County, also raised troops in his hometown, and built a dock fort barrier in the Baibo Valley forty miles southwest of Xiangling City, known as the "Baibo Yellow Turban", gathering 100,000 people, and the momentum was huge. Guo Taizeng led his subordinates Yang Feng, Han Xian, Li Le, Hu Cai and other leaders to fight in Taiyuan and Hedong counties, which has continued until now, but the imperial army in the Sili area has never been able to completely exterminate this "bandit army" operating under the nose of the central court.

One of the most important reasons why the Baibo Army was able to exist for a long time under the noses of the imperial court soldiers and horses was that they occupied the geographical advantage of the Baibo Valley, and their ability to fight guerrilla warfare was also the key to their long-term existence.

Liu He led the army from the Fenshui Valley Avenue to Jinyang this time. It is equivalent to passing under the nose of the Bai Bo Army through a strip of Fen Water, if he does not take the initiative to provoke Yang Feng and the others, the Bai Bo Army will not dare to come to intercept the cavalry army that has been numbering nearly 10,000.

At the beginning, when Guo Jia formulated the plan for returning to the north, he had no intention of fighting the Baibo Army in Baibo Valley, but Liu He suddenly remembered Xu Huang, who was not famous at this time, and wanted to collect it in front of Cao Heizi.

In Guo Jia's plan, Jia Kui, who came to act as a guide for Liu He this time, played an irreplaceable role.

Jia Kui was born in Jiangyi, and had the experience of enlisting in the army when he was young. Therefore, he was very familiar with the terrain near the Baibo Valley, forty miles north of Jiangyi, and this time he would flee to the Baibo Valley posing as an official of Anyi, and then ask Bai Bo Shuai Yang Feng to take him in. After Jia Kui enters the valley, Duan Xuan's 1,000 infantry will follow him close to Baibo Valley, pretend to arrest Jia Kui, and then lure the Baibo army out of the valley to fight.

Once the Baibo army is out of the valley, it will lose its geographical advantage, and then Zhao Yun will lead the cavalry army to quickly surround it and wipe it out! If the White Polish army only sends part of its forces out of the valley. Once they have all been captured, the soldiers can be dressed in the costumes of the White Polish Army, pretend to be victorious, and then go straight to the valley.

Of course. If Xu Huang could be caught at the beginning, Liu He would not have delayed too much time, and directly carried Xu Huang to the north, so that he would not really be stupid enough to help Duan Xuan to "suppress the bandits".

In the eyes of other generals. All the peasant rebels who were involved with the Yellow Turban Army were bandits and moth thieves, but Liu He did not hate the peasant rebels in his heart. Because since ancient times, officials have forced the people to rebel, such as the Yellow Turban Army, the Black Mountain Army, the White Polish Army, etc., and the uprisings have been strong, aren't they all forced to rebel by the cannibalistic world?

Although the Baibo army posed a threat to the Sili area, and in the long run, it also had an impact on the security and stability of the Luoyang area, but their existence blocked the southward movement of the northern nomads, especially the southern Xiongnu tribes, and also posed a threat to the eastward advance of the Qiang people in Hexi.

After Zhao Yun, Guo Jia, Jia Kui and others completed the deployment of specific actions, they came together to report to Liu He.

Zhao Yun said: "Childe, the troops are ready to attack at any time!" ”

Liu He nodded: "It's been hard work along the way, this time it's just time to warm up the brothers, and when they enter the territory of Bingzhou, it's better to fight with Yuan Shao's troops." ”

Guo Jia frowned and said: "I still insist on keeping the scale of the battle to a minimum, try to avoid investing too many soldiers in the battle, and even more so avoid getting into a stalemate with the Baibo army, after all, our purpose is to return to Youzhou." ”

Liu He understood what Guo Jia meant, and agreed with Guo Jia's practice of always thinking about problems from the perspective of the overall situation, but he couldn't tell Guo Jia at this time the significance of staying near Baibo Valley this time, after all, Xu Huang is still just a "small street", and no one knows that he will grow into a "good general of five sons" in the future.

Jia Kui said: "Childe, this humble post must do his best to deceive that Xu Huang out of the valley, so as not to let the army stay in Hedong for too long." ”

Liu He waved his hand and reminded Jia Kui: "If you can successfully catch Xu Huang, I will naturally give you a first credit; If you can't do anything, in a few days you will find an opportunity to escape from Baibo Valley and return to Luoyang alone. In short, everything is based on your own safety, I don't want to catch a Xu Huang and lose a Jia Liangdao! ”

When Jia Kui heard this, he was very moved. Liu He is like this, although sometimes he seems to be a mother-in-law and a woman's kindness, but he is really thinking about his subordinates, so he has won everyone's loyal support and respect. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you to the book friends "Babylon 1978" and "Judong Child" for their monthly tickets. The third volume has begun, and Liu He is going to kill people when he returns to Youzhou this time......